@@tinarowland4120 - Rod Stewart (although a fantastic version) was certainly not the first. The song has been widely recorded and has become a hit single for seven different artists: P. P. Arnold (1967), Keith Hampshire (1973), Rod Stewart (1977), Dawn Penn (1994), Papa Dee (1995) and Sheryl Crow (2003).
On the contrary of what the coaches say you need to be overconfident to make the song yours like she did. Overconfident isn't cocky. Simon Cowell put many contestants down back in American Idol. Solomon Vonzell can tell it. I think the matter is he wants to take control on how the artist sings and take all the control over the production. Look at what he's done to Fifth Harmony, many uptempo songs but no remarkable song that could captivate the attention of the mainstream radio, although they are amazing singers.
The First Cut Is the Deepest by P. P. Arnold.. & It's a lovely song to listen to.. To be honest I don't like the way Rod Stewart done a cover On this song The First Cut Is the Deepest" is a 1967 song written by British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens.. originally released by P. P. Arnold in April 1967. Stevens's own version originally appeared on his album New Masters in December 1967.. Cat Stevens is definitely the best version
